The Press., 1887-06-30
Yoluns 90. Number 13.
(Prepared for The Press.) THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

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 WE understand death for the first time when lle puts his hand npop gpeEwhon1 ws love. e.-Mnae. de StGeI.
 NARerTTUs "a fower.-According to Grecian fable, Narcissus fell Tn love With his own reflection in fountain, and, hay, \ ing plned away because he conld not kiss it, was changed into the flower which bears his name.
 FLoRA-goddess of flowers. In natural history al fine flowers and vegetabtef pre- functions of F country or localit y~aR8 Called it's flora and it's animal production its fauna.
 HEATHENs -dwellers upon heaths. The word heathen acquired its meaning from the fact that at the introduction of chris tianity into Germany wild dwellers on the heaths longest resisted the truth. Trench. z SWEET C1cEnY This is the title of one of Miss Marietta Holley's (Josiah Aliens wife) new books. Cicely is plant, and IS known by the names of mountain meadow saxifrage and hartwort The name found favor with Miss Holfey, hence its use as a title.
 HENCE, THENCE, WHENCE. Hence means from here; thence, from there;' and whence, from aUhere. This being go, 1t Is obvious that the common phrases, ''from hence, , s'from thence. D ofrom whence, :" are all incorrect. ssHe departed from hence" is equivalent to saying ''He de parted from, from here" because from is included in the word thence.
 HIo JAoEr-A Latin phrase often seen on tombs. Its meaning is ''here lies" or sshere he Iies.'' AT w # JOURNEY. .-''A day'a journey" lin Scrip ture) s33 miles, l72 paces and feet; a Sabbath days journey is 600 paGes; a Ro4 man pace was about 5 feet, so that the ssSabbath's s days journey was 1000 yards about three-ffths of an English mile.
 lLoCUsTs AND WILD HoNEx.-=The sslo- custs'' on which we are told John, the Bap- tist, fed, were probably not the insects so- called, but the leguminous frn1t of the caroi- tree, the dried pods of which are the 'slo- Ecustgbeatsgp sold in tho shepsg as food for cattle. The c1rob tree is soret fGnes called honey tree, from theasweet palp pcontaihed in it's pods white they are fresh.
 GEMS symboIical of the months.
 January-the jaciuth or hyacioth, sym bolizing coustancy and fdslityha aaA oes
 February-the amethyst, symbolizng peace of mind and 5briety.
 March-the blood-stone or jasper, sym bolizing courage Hndssuceesss sinalaRge enterpffses.I Al h31 A Fl lk
 April-the sapphire and diamond, sym bolizing repentance and innocence.
 Ma. = he emerald, symbolizing success in love. @ June-tFe agate, synbolSng Ions lie add healtl A sJuly-the comedian, sym nbolizlng cureEpt egilsAresulting from forgetfulaess. .
 AugusE-the sardonyx oyonyx, symbol izing copjugal fidelity.
 SeptaRa ber-v-the chrysolite, symbolizing Ipreseryation from folly, or it's cure. 1 /October-the aqua-marine ,opal or beryl lsymbolizing hope.
 November-the topaz, symbolizing fdel- ity and friendship Ss& A sS @R Ra x v ! December-the turquoise or ruby, sym bolizing brilliant success. sa ~vs-v-ev,e.
 Some doubt exists between May and June, July and August. Thus some give the agate to May, and the emerald to June; the cornelia'a to Aug gust, and the opayc to July. ! Our Little Men and Women is fully half pictures. The other half stories and histories good for six-year-olds. It is worth one's while to be youngster nowadays. $1 year. Send five cents to D. Lothrop Company Bos. tou, for sample copy.
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